To clarify.. I have no problem with people cashing in on it. In fact, I encourage it. I just hate the fact that saying something to the tune of, "I guess in New York City it really is raining men." is considered insensitive and inappropriate while cashing in on it is.

BTW anyone want to by a removal american flag sticker for their car window?

This is a bunch of alarmist shiat. There was never and still is no use for any of this stuff for the everyday person, at least in this country. Don't buy into this crap. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go live my life.

I do not mind these guys making a profit off of tragedy, I just hope they give alittle something to the families of victims. It would be a nice thing to do. It would be an honorable thing to do. I don't think any of the shrill sell-the-body-parts, money-uber-alles capitalists would understand, but then those are the types of folks that brought us Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, ImClone, ad infinitum. Screw any sense of decency and compassion for a little dough types make me sick. Just my opinion, but I really do think these guys should contribute something if they do well enough to make a profit. Is that too much to ask?

Exec-U-Chute. I can see it now, only the partners in the firm get the chute, everyone else burns to death. The company goes under, and the partners get paid $10 million each as part of their "golden parachute." Everyone else gets screwed.Nobody mentions the store on Liberty street that sells personal protection stuff, like the bulletproof jean jacket (lined with kevlar,) riot masks etc. I would say this is the second anti-terrorist store.

Patently offensive. The owners are no better than the people who sold umbrellas in Times Square yesterday, and sell American flags near ground zero today. Actually they're much worse, because they cultivate paranoia in order to make money.

I will not participate in the culture of fear. I refuse. Duck and cover. Oh, by the way, this month is the fortieth anniversary of the Cuban Missle Crisis.

This in no way empowers anybody, and I'd frankly be much more okay with it if they went out with it and said, "Yeah, our livelihood is based on spreading fear in the minds of our countrymen, and like a more militant REI, we make our money selling wealthy urbanites "survival" gear they'll never need."

Walked by there today on my way home from work...my friend couldn't stop staring as he stood there with his mouth open, wondering how the workers could take themselves seriously in their business suits as they were surrounded by styrofoam heads with gas masks on them. It was quite a site. These scary heads with various types of protective gear on them laid out in a "see which one matches your Gucci bag so you can be stylish AND safe when the next terrorist attack occurs!" I just wished the video of the caustic acid they had playing in the window had sound to it.....